Hi Sherry,

Thanks for the suggestions! I never had a problem with Audacity before my computer crashes. (Windows XP SP2 with all the updates available) May be something there. When I upgraded to Windows Media Player 11, it muted my Wave volume every time I played a midi file in it. I finally uninstalled it and rolled back to Windows Media Player 9 and now there are no problems. They should change the word update to screw-up!
I went into Audacity and clicked on every "16" I could find, including my age. Would it be possible to send me screen shots of the important dialog boxes for preferrences in Audacity that you have your's set to? That could be big help, even though we may have different sound cards or Operating Systems. It could give me some idea where something may not look right in mine.
Thanks again for your help! I know I am a cry baby. You should hear me when I hit my finger with a paper clip.

Cheers,
Fred